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Large Squash. 



Sweet Mountain. — Nearly- 

 identical with the preceding, though 

 perhaps somewhat larger. 



Cayenne. 



Large Bell, or Bull Nose Sweet Mountain. 



Culture.— Sow early in a hot-bed, or injthe open 

 aground, in a seed-bed, about the middle of spring, in 

 Qight, warm ground. Transplant, when three inches 

 ^high, one foot apart, in eighteen-inch drills, and earth 

 up a little at one or two hoeings. Guano, hen dung, or 

 any other bird manure, applied to the surface and hoed 

 lin, when the plants are about six inches high, will be 

 ■found to increase the product wonderfully. 



POTATOES. 



Magnum Bonum. — ^48 btisheh grown from one 

 ,acre^ -without any inaitzire^ m.itured anr: dug sixty 

 days after planting This wonderful new potato is 

 remarkable tor earliness, large size, freedom from di- 

 sease, -and immense productiveness. Will produce a 

 good crop on poor ground, where other varieties would 

 -entirely fail. If planted on good ground, with manure, 

 they will grow most too large for the table. Each stalk 

 produces from four to six large tubers. They are nearly 

 r juna, ^ little flattened, white skin ; eyes very few, of a 

 -pinkish color and a little rough. Baked or boiled they 

 .are white as snow and vei-y mealy. Yields less than 

 • one per cent, of sm„ll potatoes This variety must 

 .not be confounded with- Sutton s Magnum Bonum, an 

 .English variety, and quite inferior to this. 



Mammoth Pearl. — This new and wonderful early 

 variety was selected from over 2,500 seedlings. It will 

 produce a good crop in spite of the biigs^ is free from 

 rot, and never hollow. Skin and flesh pure, pearly 

 ■ white. Cooks like a snow ball. Eyes few, and even 

 with the surface. Shape oblong^round. Ripens in 

 August, and is immensely productive, yielding double 

 most sorts. Vines short and thick, sta,nding upright 

 . like a tree. 



Beauty of Hebron.— :This is. one of the best newly 



Beauty of Hebron. 



introduced varieties. The foliage is of remarkably rapid 

 and luxuriant growth, and is likely to withstand tolera- 

 bly well the ravages of the potato bug. The tubers are 

 of the same shape as the Early Rose, slightly tinged 

 with pink around the ej^es, attaining a pure white in 

 winter. Their yield is enormous, and as they lay closely 

 together in the hill, are easily dug. It is ranked as 

 twelve days earlier than the Early Rose. It is of 

 large size, sound and solid to the center, and for rich- 

 ness and delicacy of flavor and mealy qualities, is un- 

 surpassed. 



Alpha. — Fit for table ten or fifteen days before the 

 Early Rose. Twenty-eight and a half bushels were 

 grown one season from one pound of seed. Medium 

 size, oblong, a little flattened ; eyes but slightly de- 

 pressed ; color clear white, with slightest tinge of red 

 about the eyes ; flesh very white, fine-grained, dry and 

 firm, and of excellent flavor. Was awarded a first class 

 certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society of Lon- 

 don, 1874. 



Early Snowflake. 



Early Snowflake. — This superb variety is acknowl- 

 edged' by all who have tested it, to possess more good 

 qualities than any variety heretofore introduced. It 

 ripens about a week later than the Earlj' Rose ; shape, 

 symmetrical and uniform ; size medium ; skin white 

 with russety tinge; flesh fine grain, snow white when 

 cooked, and of a lightness and porosity almost approach- 

 ing a snow flake. Its mealiness, pure, delicate flavor, 

 and the evenness with which it cooks through, have 

 never been excelled by any potato. It received a silver 

 medal at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and 

 always wins a prize wherever it is exhibited. 



Extra Early Vermont. — Similar in color, form and 

 general appearance to the Early Rose. It is, however, 

 much more hardy, a better keeper, more productive, of 

 better quality, and from a week to ten days earlier, and 

 is rapidly taking the place of that popular variety. In 

 many places where the Early Rose has failed to produce 

 a crop, this variety has given the most satisfactory re- 

 turns. A first class certificate was awarded to this vari- 

 ety in 1873, by the Royal Horticultural Society of Lon- 

 don. 



